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[3] The mainsheet traveler is mid-cockpit, the halyards are internally-mounted and there are four winches. The Cunningham is a 3:1 arrangement, which the foreguy is 2:1 and the boom vang is 12:1. The boom has two flattening reefs and an internal outhaul and topping lift. The genoa tracks and toe rails are made from aluminum. [3]
The boat was built by Whitby Boat Works in Canada, who completed more than 700 examples between 1962 and 1987, but it is now out of production. [1] [4] Construction was changed during the production run. Early models have a laminated wood mast brace and no liner, with a masonite-cored deck that drains overboard via the toe rail. Later models ...
The original boats became known as Mark 1 and wooden boats, probably mainly from kits, continued to be built to this specification. In the late 1970s a Mark 3 was produced, starting with no 1800. This was a radical redesign featuring a round bilge hull, greater beam and side decks. The design was optimised for and only available in GRP.
The Farr 30 is a lightweight racing keelboat, with both the hull and deck built predominantly of an E-glass and balsa sandwich. It has a 9/10 fractional sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders , a carbon fibre mast, with an aluminium boom, with stainless steel rod standing rigging .
The Olson 30 is a sailboat designed by George Olson of Santa Cruz, CA around 1978. Olson was a surfer and surfboard shaper who decided to design a 30' ultra light displacement boat while on a delivery from Honolulu to Santa Cruz on Merlin, a 68' Bill Lee designed and built [1] ultralight sailboat which had competed in the biennial Transpac race in 1977.
The Tayana 37 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim, including teak decks. It is a cutter rigged sloop, with a few built with the optional ketch rig. The boat has spruce or aluminum spars and a bowsprit that brings the length to 42.17 ft (12.85 m).
It also has an internal 2:1 mechanical advantage outhaul, a 4:1 boom vang controlled by the boat's skipper and a 4:1 Cunningham. The boat has adjustable jib fairleads and a mainsheet traveler, plus an Elvstrom bailer. [3] The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 90.2 and is normally raced with a crew of two sailors. [3]
Parsifal III became popular through Bravo's television show Below Deck Sailing Yacht. [3] The yacht was last refitted in 2012 with its interior designed by Remi Tessier and its exterior styled by Perini Navi. In 2006, Parsifal III won the World Superyacht Awards Sailing Yacht of the Year Award as well as the Best Interior Design – Sail Yacht.